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- sted-1
Two million protective masks purchased by Finland from China have turned out to be unsuitable for use in hospitals, AFP reports.
Finland’s health minister, Aino-Kaisa Pekonen, had on Tuesday tweeted a picture of the first shipment of 2m surgical masks and 230,000 respirator masks being unloaded at Helsinki airport on a Finnair flight from Guangzhou in China, saying they would be “checked and tested” before use.
But by Wednesday, officials discovered the face masks did not meet the required standards of protection against coronavirus for use in medical environments.
- sted10
- CCP Bio Weaponshapesalad
- ^ are you like this in real life?kingsteven
- As appalling as the content is, the design choice here is lovely.
Also, lol kingNairn - wow style here********
- Superb!OBBTKN
- By comparison, it's rumored 5000 funeral urns were shipped to just 1 funeral home in Hubei Province.robotron3k
- ok bobo.sted
- dumbasses love rumors.neverscared
- I kinda love robokingsteven
- Continuity-1
I'm thinking of trying to book *something* like a two week holiday for early-/mid-September — thinking that, by then, restrictions will have relaxed a bit, and EU borders re-opened.
I'm just wondering if everyone will have the same idea I do, and prices will be absolutely nigh-on extortionate with hyper-demand.
- It could be a gamble, here in Portugal the numbers of infected are optimist, but with the easing of restrictions we could face a second wave of infections.dmay
- DE's new case numbers are up for the third day in a row, so I'm hoping that means all of us will be going into our second waves more or less simultaneously.Continuity
- The sooner the second wave is had and done with, the better.Continuity
- You're really optimistic mate, I like it ;)OBBTKN
- Hope springs eternal, etc. :PContinuity
- @Continuity stay positive (as you are)Krassy
- Flights to New Zealand from NY were SUPER cheap (like $700) when the Italy/Milan thing hit, and I was gonna get. Now expensive again.hardhat
- I just had a quick look, I can get a return flight from Munich to Nice in Sept for about 125 €, which isn't bad. Not great, but still not too bad.Continuity
- Accommodation would probably be eye-wateringly expensive, though.Continuity
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- Morning_star5
Hoorah for Emily, well said.
Apologies if TL. Also, this may be politics too.
- Fabricio7
This makes my blood boil...
- With good reason.Continuity
- What exactly would a good answer to this be?scruffics
- 'Ah broke ma banjo, after chugging myself into a frenzy and had to be hospitalised'.PhanLo
- Yeah, everybody on twitter blow up over that tweet :)) it's wildin'grafician
- “I learned to code” seems like a pretty good answer to me.monospaced
- morse code tho? ;)microkorg
- companies/recruiters trying to be picky because they still offer work rn lolgrafician
- but I would reply "pandemic not over yet, maybe your co. will go bankrupt 'till then tho', so check yo'self befo' yo break yoself"grafician
- The guy who wrote this is a Grade-A Cunt. Infuriating.Continuity
- Moral outrage.Hayoth
- Respond by asking exactly how their company responded during the pandemicnb
- Did they pay all employees while volunteering services to help others? Did they forgive invoices?nb
- I watched PornHub all day. Do I get the job?NBQ00
- AIGA is still a thing?section_014
- lol, lev manovic says the complete opposite, all the classic art is gettin less jobs during the crisis and beyond. must be some old farts at aiga.neverscared
- That's a teacher's opinion, not a HR or a recruiter...dmay
- https://twitter.com/…imbecile
- Businesses doing Ralph Wiggum Linkedin posts and all these über parents doing 'look what we made' Facebook posts are doing my tits in.monoboy
- The need for validation is fucking desperate. Give it a fucking rest.monoboy
- It's like everyone has suddenly realised that people that deliver parcels, drive buses, fill shelves and clean hospitals are actually doing important work.monoboy
- And those that write complex media strategies for influencers on instagram aren't.monoboy
- Ralph Wiggum LinkedIn posts?nb
- https://external-con…monoboy
- Also, why have so many business owners decided to post videos of themselves playing a guitar on LinkedIn?monoboy
- I shouldn't care, and petty I know. But a little honesty would do wonders.monoboy
- ^ppl having no clue how to do WFH and thinking anything goes...grafician
- I’d 100% hire the kid playing Xbox.OP31
- Haha!
https://i.imgur.com/…
https://eyeondesign.…Continuity - Depends on his pwnge record, I gotta see some stats before I dismiss someone for playing xbox.zarkonite
- Yep code learning, how poor !********
- I’m getting so bored of people trying to use COVID as an opportunity for self promo.Chimp
- Aiga and the like are scams. About time people realized paying dues to these people is an absolute waste of money.ben_
- Respond by asking them if they made good use of free pornhub premium.Milan
- as if the pandemic was some kind of war, you just stay safe and survive, don't need to be productive or anything...feel
- you are not working from home, you are at home in the middle of a pandemic trying to be productive, that's enoughfeel
- zaq0
Most New York Coronavirus Cases Came From Europe, Genomes Show
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/…
- sted-1
- For this reason I've been paying attention to local wind - i stay upstream if passing younger people, downstream if passing oldies.Nairn
- yeah i do that for almost a month when i first read that study about the contact-less infections...sted
- I'm assuming just smelling someones perfume or cologne or Ax Body Spray would be on par with its transferability.robotron3k
- it reminds me of the study how long virus is active on surfaces. when you look closer there is no sign if it is infectious and also the authors claim they...api
- dont know it. i dont think its a problem, since outdoor the virus has not much chance. the main problem is activity like close dancing indoor etc...api
- This is bullshit.wagshaft
- utopian0
Lockdowns shouldn't be fully lifted until coronavirus vaccine found, new study warns
- the ultimate goal - Gates (and Fauci's) plan: http://id2020.org/Krassy
- It’s definitely one opinion but it’s not a good one.monospaced
- Nairn4
^
I walked into work the other day and witnessed a small gust of wind explode a thousand white blossoms from a tree, so I slowed down to appreciate a moment of unexpected transcendetal bliss, seeing these small white flowers flutter and stream around me as my body pushed a pressure front and they slipped round like fish round a boulder.Then the thought hit me about how perfect it was a representation of viruses in the air and the beauty of the moment kind of collapsed and so i carried on my merry, dismal way.
- Oh shit. This was in relation to sted's post, a few back. Too slow.Nairn
- I had the same experience here in manhattan.monospaced
- @Nairn do you write? like poetry and prose, etc.?Krassy
- Nope, I just bore you guys with florrid shitNairn
- you should give it a shot ;-) Start a Medium profileKrassy
- No, sorry. I can only start a Maximum profile.Nairn
- Or, more likely, a wholly Insignificant profile.Nairn
- lol :Dsted
- lolKrassy
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- Chimp5
I'm getting really bored of people using COVID as an excuse for self promo. Especially as I'm actually recovering from COVID and pneumonia.
- I don't even know who this guy is and he some how got hold of my email.Chimp
- 'Punches For' threadKrassy
- How was it for you?Nairn
- A bit crap, lots of coughing. I still feel like I'm at altitude.Chimp
- I'm glad to hear your recovering! BTW- I have an amazing deal on Bitcoin, hit me up.utopian
- Hey that sounds just thing that will help me right now. Thanks!Chimp
- @Chimp: So, shitty flu?
@utopian: Wat? Account hacked?Nairn - @narin very shitty flu with pneumonia and still trouble breathing weeks after.Chimp
- let me guess, you still can't find the "top" of your lungs?sted
- @Chimp get well soon!Krassy
- It feels like I'm at altitude and I get short of breath easily. But I'm on the mend now and should be back to 100% soonChimp
- Slow process so rest up. Here in the UK you have to act like you still have it. So keep on struggling! ;-)Ianbolton
- Thanks @Krassy and @Ian!Chimp
- Stay strong Chimp!utopian
- Cheers Utopian!Chimp
- Get well soon. Glad you’re on the mend.BH26
- Thanks BH26Chimp
- Hope you’re well on the road to recovery!!!Static_Line
- Thanks Static Yep, much better now, just a bit short of breath.Chimp
- Good luck, Chimp - any ideas where/who you might've got it from?Nairn
- My GF went to the doctors just before lock down and she said there were loads of sick people there. She must have brought it back.Chimp
- nb0
https://www.npr.org/2020/04/07/8…
This is going to be another one of those situations where a bunch of honest, hard-working people get permanently fucked over by banks and bankers who are definitely breaking the law but won't ever spend a minute in court for it, not to mention the prison time they deserve.
- Bennn-5
Here's the official predictions for Canada according to the Government :
- We should reach the highest peak of cases at the end of Spring
- The first wave should be over by the end of the Summer
- It will be followed by smaller waves
- Return to normal life, not before 1 year ~ 1.5 year ... The vaccin will end it all
- As long as no vaccin available, we will have to live with the COVID-19
- We will return gradually to normal economic activities as soon as the first wave is over BUT for 1 ~ 1.5 year there's things we won't be able to do
- They dont know yet what they will do with schools...
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That gives you an idea for your respective countries I guess.
That will leave a mark on the society for sure!
- Bennn, 1 to 1.5 year means the economy will be fucked by 99%NBQ00
- the new normalKrassy
- Be careful what u accept as new normal because that will stay for a looong time.sted
- things will change... some for better, some for worstBennn
- but my #1 concern is my mother in all this :-/Bennn
- Economist in the US are saying something similar to your Canadian timelineutopian
- "End of Spring" in Canada happens around the first week of August, right?nb
- end of MayBennn
- we're cooler up here********
- https://www.oxfam.or…sted
- scaryBennn
- utopian-1
- Just saw some stats by Assoc Press on US deaths, an inordinate disproportion of virus deaths are black americans, 43% !********
- you aren't mixing trumps approval rate with the coronavirus pandemic?sted
- the only article in the AP system regarding how African-American people are affected is this:
"Outcry over racial data grows as virus slams black Americans"sted - Of the victims whose demographic data was publicly shared by officials — nearly 3,300 of the nation’s 13,000 deaths thus far — about 42% were blacksted
- African Americans account for roughly 21% of the total population in the areas covered by the analysis.sted
- Why the fuck are you talking about death rates for race on a post about unemployment claims? Fuck off BoboStClairemonospaced
- Just saw some stats by Assoc Press on US deaths, an inordinate disproportion of virus deaths are black americans, 43% !
- Ramanisky27
Florida Gubna Ron DeSantis
- Saved one glove and donated it to a needy hospital. God blessnb
- Republitard is Republitardutopian
- saw a woman do this in the metro last weekBennn
- I see so many people wearing chin covers all week.********
- forgot his eyes at homeneverscared
- Forgot his brain at birth.CyBrainX
- Ramanisky23
#MAGATARD
- Bennn0
I only have a link in french, from the biggest news media here.
Iceland is testing ALL their population without exception.. and guess what, HALF of them are asymptomatic!
This is scary... We should all be tested.
- Or we should just isolate and treat the symptoms and not risk spreading it more.monospaced
- The test does nothing to help. If you test negative you should go home and isolate. If you test positive you should go home and isolate. Period.monospaced
- Sure of course the test helps know how much it’s spread but it doesn’t really change the plan of action.monospaced
- It's already known 40-60% are asymptomaticgrafician
- so at this point, it's rather useless to commit to other measures until everybody gets tested and the sick quarantinedgrafician
- The numbers on the various charts & graphs we're all reading would increase quite a bit in terms of reported cases, not to mention the % of deaths would dropPonyBoy
- that is the case - higher the testing rate, lower the death rate, should be 0.2 - 0.4%grafician
- Of course. But it would also insure people without the virus would be close to people with it unnecessarily. IMHOmonospaced
- They should warn everyone to act like if you are positive. I've heard no one say it.Bennn
- They say that everywhere.monospaced
- not hereBennn
- I’m pretty sure they are. That’s what the lockdown is. That’s what the masks are for. Act like you have it.monospaced
- Wait ... Testing as present tense...how many of tested are effected based on population. Random sample testing or ppl who think they got it********
- Random ass info isn't scary unless u spook easily or not sure what to make of the info mimicking intent of media posts********
- they say that everywhere seems u are not listening carefully enough.. except trump but he is a notorious liar.neverscared
- link ?d_gitale
- shh no translate exists********
